MMM 
through the latter practice, 
to a breeding flock on a farm 
On farms of this description, w 
down sheep a providing on for š flock o 
600 ewes roduc: 
the most tryin 
with pirtee to this 
ged. Fir 
984 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
[Novemser 3, 1860. 
To meet the demand t 
hich by many is preferred | tion to t population. 
2 fae A Thess | stock ae been prematurely | 
ces 
with strong land. | enormously Paroa 
and a teeming population have, we have no hesitat 
in saying, not only ređu ced the available supplies of 
with no natural bv sh 
f 5 | 
J reed. 
1 q: 
of t things for which 
noe Nome it can | 
animal 
an eir 
x 
fi 
obreni; in | laiye met by a 
d. It is | food—an út event not likely e 
hese industrial classes, 
e 20 years since, but t they 
have gree pie ot ina erage Hem from which : 
Sy difficult to aapi We po not, perhaps, enter 
o particulars that wages are not higher 
end that the popelution: has tages we may 
of crops is | distr 
a breadth of 20 acres of Sainfoin -s | foreign compet ion or from over-produ 
ake ek which stands instead of perman In pro 
yea o Whea owen poise. | eke 
ao beasts have o 
ced the available ane ph “ony | 
n Ireland and Scotland; | 
8, ter $ Ranke ey. mn 
Trifolium Sesastaltahe is ha ide Dae in for foo i e fore: it follows 
sheep in the spring. Anether por tion of the V 
stubble is manured for Mangels, ERs and hiena] p 
After the Trifolium, Rye, V , &e. „are fed off. Fram the best Scots a 
d | metropolitan ae% are worth fally 
eres quotation, if stoc 
ae districts, oe speedily increase the ar 
der to 
disposed of in 
58. 4d. per os Ibs. 
n the 
bale; 
1 anre, 
superphosphate or guano, and if the, season is too far 
t high € currencies must a for a a con- 
nied nay be 1s 
r to one e fact whic hy sg once, is conclusive as regards 
Tho“ ficial ? value o our 
n 
p n over "160, 000, 0002. in bullion, and ful 
eno kero 
ts of the times. 
we may here allude, as tending to kee 
viz., 
which w 
men for these, hatituted.> | 
The a. bhak. poareiby really piik 
s have been pur pa 
e lambs ape the sid draft which are | 
E bein g fed o cake, co c. The w ee er | 
in the same way éither as tegs | metropo 
pei ii: character Birmingham, Sinchatter, Liverpool, yar "Du 
cross o mp- | suc uch an ex xte nt that at one period Rra was a abso- 
Pa in "the our ae he 
| qualit ies in London were as ale as s 64s. p 
Ti ah 
oe notations or Bat 
The 
was, 
mi eta ~~ occasione 
wing Bea ie ha ating Again, owing to the want of food, lar arg 
nured prepares the way for. growing the Bett cally our ag eg breeds hve = disposed of in poo 
Batley j ; an nd this, with Oa =~ upies the’ g cond t yet at such high are that the, é | 
which wrt the oye eS of Sainfoin and artificial Tod In all t i a 
the floc nc enormous 
e nu 
id not vr influence prices. 
markets stock has come _ for wa ard ate 
oF 
the ouly me of the year rst-named ar 
fro t 
years. Rye eras oat objected injuring the 
Wheat abe > subs Ae for the Clover, generally 
being m foil, and sometimes with Honey- 
suckle, one os re romande er af th 
with 
made upon 
7 
g is 
the apply of stock; that consumption 
is in excess o pas 
t rate T pme and that 
cipate 
3s. 4d., now it is pe readily a 
8 lbs.. Th will be pe ide 
realised the 
per: If fi 
Egire meat £ will nguestionably - ear ip, price; but 
much will depend upon ren of the speculators to 
d tallow, a the ae of money in the discount 
n nee 
much below. present pri 
~ Weh a to ook the Ta of supply as it 
ngel, poche mally rop, ' 
x re by panara Beg the | Wheat is sown. Buth 
a a slight outline of the rary: oe of a farm on 
ee 
Supplies, Demand, and Value, during the past Six 
pad an witan that the total number of 
g hoi Aths t of sheep. a not be assumed that 
lk. we DoE to understan: rarer ers? business hams G ES and dis of in the metropolitan 
REAL EINES — than themselves; boh undoubtedly there are | cattle market in the last six month has pean — 
CONSUMPTION OF LONDON. questions in conne: ion with it which requir sh —114,702 mo 2 ape 113,373 
considerat It is well ont = the “in-and- th gnd ing period i and 111,592 ìn 
eat ont atthe tage tag Pee stein of sheep breeding has b a pretty general | 1858 ; eer ig Lt e have already 
ingdom vried be is tdle st wena S bas 2 especially in favoured “aistricts.* It is all udek have ruled unusually ugh The average value 
aonet all pees BE socket On he on ii A Ei sh paaiie yell known that attentio esi e beat 5s. 6d. a t 5s, in the 
toan Sna od that there i x pia nd = both | description of stock exhibiting e ccubade to inn | previous six msot 4s. 6d. in 1858. But here we — 
of beasts and sheep in the on th ba othes, thas | See ae E oan. y, observe that atleast a moisty of the various breeds 
th larat E pa Shil E ey DSE; seh | numerous. Have they, we may ingwite, ie ce i of in i sap gangs half-fat oo 
is calenlat soii Loch Dcos aba ei ape increased quantity of meat? Probably not. We and hence the actual ly of been t 
kes wa Gonsi haw aie seat interests ae in the believe that the forcing system has epic gy tere to sheep, especially 
Gehan of reduction the TONTOR E hich, under ordinary circumst Facog | the long-woolled qualities. | 
at eee Rs Gar graciers ve would have Sree kept ‘longer o ys ie land; and, further, | takin value of that 
br geoipiion of stock has ae nah 4d. to 
eeders ie kept up the shape of 
1, 
f 
i 
poraka, togelher s with te i Increasing a of their animals remarkably wi and have in many | 8lbs., thoug hat one period the 
onerat Sn ae be Pig pet apes ee aa instances realised large profits, the end aimed at, viz., ~ “is. to „per 8 lbs. The annexed returns show 
Rig AR a do ‘th i Ei re td to the production of fat ina brief period, must = d to the total cain exhibited, the quar 
the’. quiro MYO ENO ee erence woe hig quotations. In a comparative sense, the sheep | the y were „derived, and the prices at which they were 
e recent excitement in the demand for beasts, not | now acl in in arkets carry a ve t 
vl in London, but throlighins the pontos s of co Hsu food Beit “observed thet w are not ý 180 
er, hav : Lincolns, |° ia pepe tes o 
whether the grazimg community is 
ich ee ae s, and crosses between ota heav 
° P 
P Now i m to the a he £ ye ape agers a May reeds. If we could car ma increasing in the seit 1855. | 1856. | 1857. | 1858. ‘| 1809. 1859. | 1860. 
asi Smo ratio as fat, we should it wholly unnecessary to j 
14,702 
ae de si im bei off conser ow number dwell upon ‘the future cae than with feelings of Cor pa i OTT n3 682 Hwan Pr E Poo 
Þe remarked “tha t they have, ef given place or a ae of roa pron aew wae ae ee oe a pee mh 610 e ganesa eel ae sn ie Bt 
alves .. 6,125 8,420} 8,5 
ils cross-bred, chielyD Shere a much. reagon, $0 Appreueds shat unea the Sa Ae 18 241| 18,0961 147860! 14301 
orns. In point of fa g has now become so |] 
eds increased, we shall not be able E> e a ss ce “ DISTRICT ” BULLOCK SUPPLIES. 
peura eral, that fl peat halt the “beats disposed of in our | with the demand which, at the present Ne Torea 
That ptt soe ea m aint las dik id arkat pure breeds. | to render us more and more epende n the 
vient from ts rapid extension, and from t make nol, taxed to the wets are now, if we = aspera A al 
` y astern Districts ..|54,989 |51,700 60,500 66, 5 
Sine bea ue Meta have attained in a much) But how are we to effect changes in breeding and Other parts of Engla; 12,530 13,850 14,490 | 14,560 19,090 | 21.4% 
nai en gg gh so Tong aimed tb aoi es i feeding in order ka arrive at results which, natioally $ | | Seotla eae bh 10, etches ce 10,080 Lar 
“breed certain h progress B to fee ae are Feely i © oh Poa At | Forci .:(18,612! 7,830! 9, 649 | 7,580 90 
awaken i inquiry, if ni “anxiety, regarding ith tł it of the times: AVERAGE Prices oF BEEF AND MUTTON. 
50 ien 
sumption: that pupae] Son of rap 
Se 
of profit to them; and ied to keep stock longer 
aaa kh than is tae 
4 
“existence of those Ee ao a Maa fr 
=F Lea | do not, as we imagine, go to the bottom of t this 
“at h 
Ta iq uest 
upon | 
er with the | Beer 
tended with absolute 1 
yielded large t: 
any given number 0 a one of na ronal Aar aans 
ar eds which were s-| 
a portion of the labouring classes 
7 to KEA from 
Da t have declined to a 
early all inferior joints are disposed o of s at a 
nished in ecianesiiatiin Even as it is, 
rate whic! 
lo we ac count for bee 
We do not attach much weight. to the’stated de tana] | 
aeua 
8 0 
40 
521 
Fro dike a i bid 
sinter ed beasts has foreiz 
dy tricts; tha t we have aru cxronalvély 
t both i pee 
she aa 
t fo 
Par n the value of beas 
any "ts itis peviods ? wel s high prices fa first and chiefly on the upper Sp 
hive | middle classes of society, who buy the prime joints 
ste oea lst for "the admission of live stock; ipa ces further EER by the difficulty of ereng of of | W 
Be inferior joints, an =" Bente , on e butcher, who, of 
pose Hate, has hardly de any profit fr e. The 
4 | Tise in price is eas due to eteren connected with 
far as price is concerned. We ke Prag gsc prosperity of our artizans; but the 
bars Cm Wiis 
bee ana iow Yeot do s ddabt | ane llen even more severely on others than | f 
oar pop ulation: 5 a con- | Higher wages, extraordinary activity in commerce, 
s ~| _* Does not this remark rather to fi k, than t 
beyond all form propor- ; the mneika E TE oe he ets pas Ey eie p H. F 
EA i 
from 
Sco tland have considerably "fallen off. In reference t 
the value of lam state that at 
as 8¢. per B Tb. for the best Down bre 
Both calves and pigs have ruled high 
for the former having been 6s., the latter 
|S lbs. to sink the offal. In a ” comparative 
pi a i e, conseq! 
pac er erate, Beia bae seneden Mmr 
i is por they have seen their nee? range {or ; 
year, and that they w will tend to stimulate te the produ 
the sf 
rise was much greater, 
